The main objective of the Cornell Solar Oven Team is to help communities in the developing world design solar cookers appropriate for their specific cultural, social, economic, and environmental conditions. Food is not only a basic human need, but also…

This project analyzed and redesigned the various components of a previously designed sisal decorticator prototype. The sisal plant is easily grown in the arid regions of Kenya and its fiber has widespread industrial and consumer applications. Competition from Brazilian and…

This paper describes the implementation and the impact of a service-learning project in a heat transfer course for undergraduate engineering students. The students
visited low-income households in the Detroit area and installed insulation materials on doors and windows thereby…

A multidisciplinary team of engineering students traveled to Nairobi, Kenya in
May 2006 to implement a service learning project between academic sessions. Low power, white light emitting diode (WLED) based lighting devices were designed and built by student participants and…

Three service-learning projects of various content, workload, and community
partnering were identified and implemented in two core and one elective undergraduate courses in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2005. This paper…

There has been a dramatic increase of student groups participating in
international service learning projects. For engineering students it is not difficult to identify meaningful educational objectives. The students improve their analytical and problem solving skills. They design and build…

A capstone design project targeted at engineering outreach to grade school
students in both developed and developing countries was designed and constructed. The resulting Adaptive WaTER (Water Treatment for Education and Research) Laboratory teaches students about water filtration and sterilization…

Developing island economies, such as French Polynesia, are heavily reliant on
imported goods. Shipping materials around the world is very energy intensive and contributes to global environmental pollution. A system for the local manufacturing of sustainable building materials offers…

In this paper we present results from a service learning project carried out by
four Master of Engineering students in the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at Cornell University during the 2003-2004 academic year, on behalf of the…

The use of experiential learning as a pedagogical mechanism to facilitate the
learning of skills taught in the classroom has become common in college curricula. Service learning and community engagement models are frequently used to combine academic skills with “real-world”…